On the blurring of the color line: Wages and employment for black males of different skin tones

• Autores: Daniel Kreisman, Marcos A. Rangel
• Localización: The Review of economics and statistics, ISSN 0034-6535, Vol. 97, Nº 1, 2015, págs. 1-13
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_00464
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• Resumen

  • -We evaluate the role skin color plays in earnings and employment for black males in the NLSY97. By applying a novel, scaled measure of skin tone to a nationally representative sample and by estimating the evolution of labor market differentials over time, we bridge a burgeoning literature on skin color with more established literatures on wage differentials and labor market discrimination.We find that while intraracial wage gaps widen with experience, gaps between the lightest-skinned black workers and whites remain constant, suggesting that a blurring of the color line elicits subtle yet meaningful variation in earnings differentials over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]